MATE Ranger

Question 1

TASK #1: OUTER SPACE: MISSION TO EUROPA

Answer 1

Measure the temperature of water emerging from a vent; determine the thickness of the ice and depth of the ocean; and connect an Environmental Sample Processor (ESP) to a power and communications hub.

Question 2

TASK #2: INNER SPACE: MISSION-CRITICAL EQUIPMENT RECOVERY

Answer 2

Use serial numbers to identify mission-critical equipment and transport the equipment to a collection basket for later recovery.

Question 3

TASK #3: INNER SPACE: FORENSIC FINGERPRINTING

Answer 3

Collect two samples of oil from the sea floor, return the samples to the surface, and analyze gas chromatographs to determine the samples’ origin.

Question 4

TASK #4: INNER SPACE: DEEPWATER CORAL STUDY

Answer 4

Take still photographs of two coral colonies and evaluate those photographs to determine whether the coral colonies are growing, stable, or decreasing in size. Collect two samples of another coral species and return the samples to the surface.

Question 5

TASK #5: INNER SPACE: RIGS TO REEFS

Answer 5

Attach a flange to the top of a decommissioned wellhead, install a wellhead cap to the top of the flange, and secure both the flange and the wellhead cap with bolts.